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'Massive stress': Parents asked for more than $1800 in 'voluntary' school donations

Parents are not legally required to pay donations and can claim a 33.3% tax credit.

'We’re all devastated': Northland families face losing farms to four-lane highway

The Bryhams face losing a 100ha dairy farm with six homes built over 60 years.

Hawke’s Bay pop artist Liberty on heartbreak and making a living from music

'I absolutely love Hawke’s Bay because everyone is so keen to help.'

50-year legacy: Outspoken principal on how to make 'successful citizens'

Colin Watkins on needling ministers, evolving leadership, and what 'white flight' cost NZ.

The King of Spring ready to carry career-best form into summer

Waitak ticks a lot of boxes heading into first Group 1 race of summer.

The accidental entrepreneur rebranding Great Barrier as a boutique innovation hub

"Families want to come back, but there has to be something to come back to."

Letters: We don't need a rates cap; What a life sentence to hand to our young

OPINION: Readers hot on the issue of Govt rejecting NZ's emission reduction targets.

Your weekend in Tāmaki Makaurau: Festive ways to get in the spirit

There’s comedy, theatre, markets, Motat and more.

'Rest in love': Man caused fiery crash that killed two teens, injured several others

Kre Turia's car collided at speed with a Fonterra truck in Hamilton.

Sharemarket dips as F&P Healthcare hit by sleep apnoea pill threat

Fletcher Building rose as it prepaid all remaining US private placement debt.

Simon Wilson's Love this City: The suburban Simeon

Opinion: Suburbanite Simeon Brown, crash sports, the CRL, Māngere cycling, green rescue.

Homicide investigation after man stabbed in Auckland's Mt Wellington

The man died in Auckland City Hospital after arriving with stab wounds.

Helensville schools in lockdown after firearm incident, two people in custody

Police were first called to a Kumeū address about 1.45pm.

Can Auckland CBD come back from the dead?

The City Rail Link and Seascape tower promise a CBD reset next year, but is that enough?

Measles outbreak grows to 30 cases as Auckland concert named location of interest

Measles alerts also cover Wellington ferries and several Auckland malls.

Rhythm of the flight: Action from the Synthony party that drank an Air NZ plane dry

Glow sticks lit the aisles of the one-of-a-kind flight NZ1331 from Auckland to Sydney.